The compact “extended-range” electric vehicle has extra heft from its battery that – combined with sound structural engineering – has let it do almost as well in tests as larger class vehicles, and this was put to the test when a drunk driver smashed into a 20-year-old woman in California.

I bought a 2013 Volt in November 2012 for my 20 year old daughter Caroline and we all loved it.

I have a Porsche 911s and a BMW 740il. The Volt was our favorite car to drive.

On August 3rd, a drunk driver hit Caroline from the right rear traveling in the same direction.

The drunk driver hit our Volt so hard it knocked the Volt off the road down a 15 foot embankment.

Caroline in the Volt rolled several times down the embankment before hitting a tree.

Caroline was taken by ambulance to a local hospital where she suffered only a black eye, arm lacerations and stitches to her left foot. Our Farmers insurance adjuster said he never saw a car that mangled without a fatality.

We are grateful to you and GM for making the Volt so safe. The fact that Caroline survived that crash was a miracle from God and the 10 Volt airbags. I am in the middle of buying another Volt right now and thought you would like to share this story with anyone else at GM or with any potential Volt buyers.